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Concerned about
your child's safety at school?
The Facts
• 45% of US elementary schools reported one or more violent incidents compared with 74% of middle schools and 77% of High schools. (Violence and Discipline Problems in US Public Schools 1996-1997, US Dept. of Education)
• 10% of High school students brought a weapon (knife, gun or club) to school in the past 30 days.
• One out of four high school seniors and 15% of eighth graders used drugs in the last 30 days.
• 16 times as many teachers reported moderate to serious drug problems in private schools than in Torah-Umesorah Hebrew day schools. This drug rate is 20 times higher in public schools.
• 85 percent of girls and 76 percent of boys experienced sexual harassment by 12th grade.
• One out of every three girls is sexually victimized by the time they finish high school.
• 44% of girls will become pregnant by the age of 19.
• ~37% of children don't feel safe at school.
• 70 out of 100 Jewish children who did not attend a Jewish school intermarried.
While . . .
• At an Orthodox Jewish school physical aggression, bullying, drug use, alcoholism, sexual harassment, and adolescent pregnancy, are practically non-existent . . .
• 2 out of 100 children who attended a traditional Jewish school until 12th grade intermarried.
The 10 advantages of a Jewish education
1. Safe Environment With a Jewish education, children are in good hands!
2. Intermarriage Prevention With a Jewish education, our family's future is safe.
3. Secular Education With a Jewish education, children are better equipped to enter society at all levels.
4. Family Life With a Jewish education, kids bring home happiness.
5. Meaningful Life With a Jewish education, our child lives a meaningful life.
6. Happiness in Life With a Jewish education, our child lives a happier life.
7. Noble Values A Jewish education teaches a child to be a better person.
8. Jewish Identity A Jewish education protects a child from dangerous cults and missionaries.
9. Jewish Survival With a Jewish education, our people survive.
10. Our Heritage With a Jewish education, a child develops pride in being Jewish.
The Solution
Enroll your child in a school that is safe today - a traditional Jewish School.
Today, it becomes clearer and clearer, the question now isn't "Why should I give my child a Jewish education?" - It is "How can I not give my child a Jewish education?"
Please contact Rabbi Motty Katz, Educational Director of Jewish Education Program, today,
at 718-941-2600 for a better future for the child you love. We will try to help your child in any way possible.
Our children also deserve a Jewish education. • The Jewish Education Network at jenet@iname.com